On Fri, 2009-03-06 at 09:16 +0900, John Summerfield wrote: > Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 12:01 +0900, John Summerfield wrote: > > > >> There is much to learn in Linux, way more than we had in the 80s, and I > >> would expect triagers to choose areas of interest, to be assigned > >> someone to mentor them and stay within their area. > > > > We do currently work on the basis of having triagers pick a component to > > specialize in. Individual mentoring isn't currently possible due to the > > small number of experienced triagers, but we do try and do group > > mentoring. > > Could package maintainers step in? It's to their long-term benefit, and > I can imagine a new inexperienced triager really appreciating the chance > to work with them, especially if the maintainer's a Name. > > Mentors should, I think, be encouraged to ask, "Why?" rather than > assert "that's wrong." > > Why do you think that? > Have you considered...? Yeah, on a case-by-case basis I've been encouraging new triagers to get in touch with the maintainers of the components they're triaging. In general it's a good principle to have a decent working relationship with the maintainers. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org http://www.happyassassin.net -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
